When I visited Tokyo, I came across an unusual flavour of Fanta, one which I subsequently became hooked on. Returning to London, I scoured high and low in a futile attempt to locate this godly beverage. A few years later, at a point when I’d given up all hope. Atari Ya caught me unawares and [...]
To my delight, I’ve discovered that BBC Four are showing a season of films and documentaries about Japan. They describe it as a search for meaning of this extraordinary nation. Although I’ve missed a few of the shows already, the introduction of BBC iPlayer has meant that I’ve been able to catch up at my [...]
Akira is without doubt my favourite animé of all time and it’s coming out soon in high-definition. I think I’ve owned it in every format it’s ever been released in.
I’m a not-so-secret-nerd and I previously wrote about my sadness at the loss of ‘The 1UP Show‘ when Ziff-Davies sold the gaming group to Hearst. Apparently the show was losing money for the company. However to me it was a video game show done right, there have been many attempts at this in the past [...]
At St. Pancras International Train Station earlier I spotted a guy wearing some UGG Boots. I had to be all stealth like in my reconnaissance but I managed to get the above grainy photo using my phone. For your convenience I’ve handily highlighted the item in question. Please let this not be the start of [...]
